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Pied Piper Study: Customer Service Improves
May 2009
Motorcycle salespeople on average asked prospective customers for their contact information only 45 percent of the time during a recent nine-month period, according to the 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index study. Sounds bad, right? But it's actually an improvement over the previous year's study in which salespeople asked only 38 percent of time. Dealership staff members seem to be improving in other areas as well, the study reported.
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When Sales Drops the Ball: Dealer personnel ask for the sale less than half the time, say secret shoppers dispatched by research firm
May 2008
Motorcycle dealer salespeople ask for the sale only 45% of the time. What’s even worse is that they ask for a customer’s contact information only 38 percent of the time. So say the results of a second annual study by Pied Piper Management Company.
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High Marks for H-D
March 2007
Harley-Davidson salespeople are more likely to fully engage a customer, a virtue that earned the OEM's dealerships high marks in a recent consumer survey.
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